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Council, GHI raise safety concerns over poor cellphone coverage; city to explore small-cell sites and institutional-account options
Summary
GHI and council members said poor mobile service—reported even on municipal Verizon phones—can interfere with dialing 911. Staff proposed exploring alternate carriers for the city's institutional account and proactively identifying unobtrusive small-cell sites to attract investment.
GHI members and councilors told the City Council work session that gaps in cellphone coverage in historic Greenbelt have been recurrent and can pose public-safety risks. Council members emphasized that coverage issues are not merely a convenience problem but a potential emergency-services risk if people cannot reach 911 reliably.
City staff said municipal Verizon phones also…
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